Braying Screech (1/Day). As a bonus action, the ankheg queen calls to her children to protect her. 1d4+1 ankhegs burrow up from the ground into empty spaces within 60 feet of her.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d12 + 5) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) acid damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 16). Until this grapple ends, the ankheg queen can bite only the grappled creature and has advantage on attack rolls to do so.
Acid Spew (Recharge 5-6). The ankheg queen spews acid from every orifice, targeting every non-ankheg within 30 feet of her. Each target must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw, taking 21 (6d6) acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
The ankheg queen can take 1 legendary action, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The ankheg queen regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn.
Locate. The ankheg queen slams the ground, sending vibrations that alert her to the exact locations of every creature within 120 feet of her.
Direct. The ankheg queen instructs an ankheg within 60 feet of her to attack a target within its reach, using its reaction to do so.
Description
Ankhegs build great hives underneath the earth, where their queen, a fat, disgusting, slimy, acid-filled monster, gives birth to their young and designs the look of their hives. The queen systematically kills any other female ankhegs born and keep sat least four ankheg husbands, also spawned from her eggs, protecting her at all times.
Other ankhegs within the ankheg queen's lair drag their victims closer to their queen so that she can feast on them instead. She is completely immobile. Without her children, she would quickly starve to death, and her hive would become her tomb.
Comments